Axle and hub attaching device



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F. RIGB AXLB AND HUB l1112A@Eme DEVICES No. 249,258. Patented Nov..8,1881.'

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED RICE, OE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

AXLE AND HUB ATTACHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,258, dated November 8, 1881.

- Applicationled August30, 1881. (No model.)

` forming part of this specification, in whichvas shown.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of theinvention; Fig. 2,anelevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a sectional view ofthe follower-nut.

Similar letters of reference in the several ti gures indicate the same. parts. Y

My invention has for its object to provide an improved axle and skein constructed so as to exclude all sand and dirt from the bearing, and prevent liability of oil accumulating at the outer end in position to be transferred to the clothing of a passer-by, a nd which will enable the Wheel to run easily and noiselessly.

Referring to the drawings', A represents the hub of a carriage-wheel of ordinary construetion, fitted within which so as to rotate therewith is a skein, E, the outer or smaller end of which is closed, while its innerend is provided with an internally screw-threaded enlargement, This skein is constructed to receive the end et' an axle, B, and is adapted to rotate freely thereon, being prevented from longitudinal movement in .one direction by an adjustable collar, D, and in the opposite directionby a follower-nut, C, as shown in Fig.

Between the end of the axle and the end of the skein is interposed a washer or packing, F.

D is adjusted so that when the skein is slipped onto the axle the end of the latter will slightly compress the washer F-before the shoulder at the inner end of the skein comes in contact with the collar. `The follower-nut C is then screwed into the screw-threaded enlargement In applying the wheel to the axle the collarV Having thus described my invention', I claim as new- Y The combination, with the axle screw-threaded, as described, of the collar screwed onto the axle, the skein having the closed outer end and the enlarged internally screw-threaded inner end, and the follower-nut screwed into thev skein and bearing up against the collar, the parts being so arranged that the follower-nut can be unscrewed and slid along the axle and the skein then slipped oli", substantially as described.

i FRED RICE. Witnesses:

WAYLAND B. ANGIE, E. J. KIMBALL. 

